The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-12
THREE SICK ANDA DEATH.
THE MORTALITY AT TAMPA STILL
VERY SMALL.


Other Parts of the State Getting Over
What Little Fright They Had at First
DIR. Guiteras of Key West Ordered
to Investigate tn Epidemic.
WASHINGTON Oct. 11.-Surgeon General
Hamilton has received the following t4le-
gram from Dr. Wall, President Of ths
Board of Health of Tampa, Fla, in response
to telegram inquiring as to the present
nature of the disease prevailing in that
city:
1t is unquestionably yellow fever though ths
popular sentiment of those remaining here il
against me. Albumen is shown in the urine
with the characteristic uteric hue. There wak
one death yesterday. II is all over the place and
the city authorities are doing nothing.
DIR. GUITERAs WANTED.
Surgeon General Hamilton to-day ~
ceived telegram from DIR. King Wylly,
President of the Florida Health Protective
Association, in which he says;
The citizens of Tampa and some physicisns
are dissatisfied, and deny the existence Of yell
low fever on account of the low rate OF NOR
taty and the peculiar condition Of the patients.
Many of these citizens have had yellow fever.
They request you to order Or. Guiteras, of Key
West, to come and decide the question. VIII
you order him TO go? Passes will be furnished.
The tents you kindly offer are in Tampa and
consequently cannot be used in quarantine SER
vice.
Acting upon this request telegram was
sent TO Passed Assistant Surgeon John
Guiteras, at Key West, directing him Co
proceed to Tampa at once to investigate the
epidemic the nature of which seemed to ina
so much in doubt, and to report the result
of his diagnosis to the Marine Hospital Bu-
reau. A telegram was also sent to Deputy
Collector Spencer at Tampa, authorizing
him to rent suitable building for use as a
hospital, and saying that supply OF disin-
fectants will be forwarded 10 that city at
once.
MAIL CLERKS NEEDN'T ENTER.
General Superintendent Nash of the rail.
way mail service said to-day that the rail-
way mail clerks would not be required to
run into Tampa during the prevalence OF
yellow fever there, but that mail for Tampa,
except registered matter, would be sent
! down from the junction in sealed pouches
in charge of the baggage or trainmen.
He also said that for the last two days he
had been making every possible effort to
have mail fumigator at Lakeland, but
that the postmaster had thus far been un-
able to get any one TO do the work. Supt.
Nash has telegraphed the Board of Health
TO see that the mails are properly and thor
oughly fumigated, and that the expenss
would be met by the department
JACKsoNvILLE's SCARE DYING OUT.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, OcL IL lheTs
was no meeting of the Board of Health to-
day Oh account of no quorum being pres
ent. The scare has died out entirely in this
| city, and business has resumed its natural
swing,
THREE CASES AND A DEATH.
! Only three new cases and one death are
reported at Tampa to-day. The citizens
| have organized a relief association. The
sensational specials sent from Key West and
| New Orleans grossly exaggerate the con-
! dition of affairs at Tampa. Proper precau-
| tions have been taken there 10 prevent a
spread of the disease. The dispatches to the
| Associated Press have contained an accurate
statement of the facts as far as obtainable.
| The excitement has now about died out.
A BOARD or HEALTH REPORT.
The following dispatch was received to%
night from thu President of the Tampa
| Board of Healthi
| good many casts are mid, no albumen sD.
pcarinG in the urine, but where there is kidnay
complications the cases are had, lengthy n
duration and frequently prove fatal. 1t is be-
cause of the midness of many OF the cases aud
their rapid convalescence that the public hera i3
disposed to dispute the fact of its being yellow
fever There have been about forty cases since
the outbreak. with -four deaths; one to-day With
the characteristics of yellow eyes and skin aud
black vomit. Three new cases have been re-
ported in the last twenty four hours. Two are
probably mild. Several cases are in the first
stage. two Of whom | know have albumen in
the urine, and are therefore liable to be bad
II is too carly to say whether the virnlence OF
the disease will increase or diminish with the
progress OF the epidemic. The whole of the
old part of the city being in very bad 80 snitary
condition, is infected so that localizing cases i5
out of the question.